The Dangers Of Being An International Dairy Smuggler

The Dangers Of Being An International Dairy Smuggler

Mary Mata March 2, 2011

About two years ago, I went to Mexico in order to put 2008 in my rearview mirror. I have family in the municipality of La Rivera, Jalisco, they see me […]

The Pain Of Losing A Son In Iraq, One Latino’s Story

Mary Mata March 1, 2011

[Editor’s Note: This story originally appeared in The Texas Observer and was written by Eugene Richards.] Carlos Arredondo: I remember the war in Nicaragua in the 1980s, the Contra scandal, […]

Latinos Are Like Population Penicillin

NewsTaco February 25, 2011

There’s a big chunk of America where more people are dying than being born, and you can put a stack of chips on the square that says that chunk has […]

Who is GenYLA?

NewsTaco February 16, 2011

They’re being called GenYLA, as in generation Young Latino Americans, an offshoot of US marketers penchant for labeling swaths of consumers according to age and distinct behavioral tendencies: GenX, GenY, […]

Latino Diaspora Merits Reporting

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I’m not sure if anybody out in the Inter-webs is reporting on the US Latino diaspora as such – a diaspora. I find it fascinating. For reasons having to do […]

Stepfamilies Make Up 25% Of U.S. Families

Mary Mata February 15, 2011

Latinos are less likely than African-Americans and more likely than whites to be a part of a stepfamily, according to recent research from the Pew Center. On most measures Latinos […]

UT Study: Inner-City Latino Children’s Needs are Different

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You can put this in the trying-to-stop-a-fire-with-a-flamethrower file. The University of Texas at Austin, funded in large part by state funds, has released data of a study that argues that […]

America Has Already Changed; It’s a Three-Year-Old’s World

NewsTaco February 8, 2011

The New York times reports that, according to the US Census, less than half of all three year-olds in the United States are white. Hold on to your sombreros, kindergartens […]

NFL Is Serious About Reaching Out to Latinos

NewsTaco February 7, 2011

It’s an odd thing to say, that the NFL has targeted Latinos as a growth market, because most of the Latinos I know (and I reiterate, most, not all) are […]

Is Baseball Still King Among Latinos? What About Football?

NewsTaco February 1, 2011

Relatives came up from Mexico this past Christmas and as always they brought goodies for everyone. It amazes me how they arrive with relatively few pieces of luggage for a […]